Plaintiff was injured when he fell two stories when the fire escape on which he was working detached from the building and fell to the ground. Plaintiff established a prima facie entitlement to summary judgment on the issue of liability on his Labor Law § 240 (1) claim by showing that the subject fire escape was the functional equivalent of a scaffold and failed to provide adequate protection for the elevation-related work he was performing (see De Jara v 44-14 Newtown...
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